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20 Useful Home Improvement Apps

By Kate Gammon 1:50 PM - February 14, 2012
 

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iHandy Carpenter

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iHandy Carpenter is an all-in-one toolkit on your iPhone. This app features five commonly-used carpentry tools: a plumb bob, a surface level, a bubble lever bar, a protractor and a ruler, to make home improvement a cinch. All the tools can be used in landscape mode, and if you calibrate the plumb bob, level bar and surface level, you can use them together as a clinometer to read angles precisely. It costs $1.99.

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mythostd 02/15/2012 4:29 PM
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At my work an admin kept insisting that the TV we had jsut hung was crooked. When we finally sent a guy up to check it turned out her iPhone said it was 2 degrees out of level. 3 normal levels said it was level. Guess which we believed?

Vorador2 02/15/2012 5:03 PM
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I would never trust the sensors of a phone for something like adjusting level. They're simply not precise enough.

Also, an application i recently discovered for Windows/Mac Os/Linux that is awesome for home design is Sweet Home 3D. Is open source, and has enough features to design your house from top to bottom. And is relatively easy enough to use (at least easier than AutoCad)

Anonymous 02/15/2012 5:46 PM
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@mythos..The Apple probably told a family member to jump off a high building. When is the funeral?.

Tab54o 02/15/2012 11:41 PM
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For one iphone users suck anything DIY thats why they own ijunk and anyone who uses apps to do this type of stuff because they dont have the real tools probably shouldn't be doing it anyway.

Anonymous 05/04/2012 9:50 PM
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An incredibly simple, yet powerful app named Tapeulator helps me in the shop. I hate math with fractions and decimals so this app makes sure I don't screw up a customer's order.